Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow feathered hat and yellow clothes. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Anselm is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Navigator, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He struck the Tailor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Arnold is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shipwright business.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: Trey lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 11000 cp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).